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KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Two wildfires burning in Klamath and Lake Counties have merged. The Bootleg Fire started on Tuesday, July 6 about 15 miles northwest of Beatty, Oregon. Since then, it’s grown to 343,755 acres. On Monday, fire managers confirmed the Bootleg Fire physically merged with the nearby Log Fire, which was last reported to be over 4,800 acres. An update on the total acreage covered by both fires is expected in a Tuesday morning update. This past Sunday marked the ninth day in a row of extreme fire behavior that forced firefighters back to safety zones as the Bootleg Fire mov...

J. Mike Johnson Originally published on July 17, 2021 12:14 pm Dry and hot conditions persist in many parts of Oregon as fire officials predict a grueling weekend in the fight slow the spread of several fires. Nearly all of Oregon is in severe, extreme or “exceptional” drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, following extreme heat waves and dry conditions that started in late spring and early summer. Firefighters said they are working containment lines on the biggest fires in Oregon, and hoping those lines are enough to prevent windy conditions from spotting new fi...

Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations Associated PressIn this photo provided by the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshall, flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The largest fire in the U.S. on Wednesday was burning in southern Oregon, to the northeast of the wildfire that ravaged a tribal community less than a... By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numero...

Originally published on July 15, 2021 6:55 pm Even as wildfires continued to burn across Oregon on Thursday, wind offered temporary respite to many communities that have been blanketed in the heaviest wildfire smoke. But the U.S. Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program cautions there could well be more smoke to come, especially in the southern, central and eastern areas of the state. Strong winds overnight Wednesday into Thursday cleared smoke in the Klamath Falls area, which had been heavily affected by the largest wildfire now burning in the United States — the Bootleg Fi...

Oregons Bootleg Fire is torching an area larger than NYC. Firefighters are scrambling to contain it. Oregons Bootleg Fire is torching an... The fast-moving Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has scorched an area thousands of acres larger than New York City - prompting new evacuations and increasing concerns over thinning resources as the state enters the highest level of wildfire preparedness. The conflagration is one of thousands of wildfires torching areas as far east as Minnesota, signs of another potentially dire fire season. "We are seeing conditions that we usually see in mid-August," said...